Pillars of SuccessFreshman Year​

Engagement​

Students should become personally responsible for their own learning in and out of class. Asking questions, contributing during discussions, having a desire to comprehend concepts and motivation to go beyond what’s required in order to accomplish depth of learning, continuously seeking feedback in order to improve quality of work.

Connection​

EDGE is a community of learners at Legend High School. As part of these communities it is important that students are connected to our community through extracurricular activities, sports, service, clubs and EDGE learning opportunities. Additionally, connecting with mentors, peers, and the community contribute to a rich learning environment.

Exploration​

Students will be given the opportunity to explore various skills, content, and knowledge as part of EDGE while accessing foundational tools and resources; thus, preparing them for a prolific future post high school (or after EDGE.)

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIESOwn Your Learning: Students learn best when they take responsibility for their learning and strive for personal growth.What does this mean? ...

SELF-ADVOCACY: Seek support from mentors and adults in your life. Address any problems, conflicts or issues ahead of time.

CONNECT: Find ways to relate what you are learning to real life or to your passions. Explore original thoughts and experiences you can bring to the lesson to make it come alive.

ENGAGEMENT: Be in class, be present intellectually and contribute to learning of your peers and mentors.

COMMUNITY: “You are who you hang with.” Surround yourself with other students seeking the same level of achievement you desire. Find friends or acquaintances that are rooting for you, and bring out the best of you.​

FEEDBACK: Seek feedback consistently from your mentors and peers. Ask them to be honest on how you can improve.

Parent Support

Coach your student to experience new and challenging opportunities. Encourage them to take risks and ask how they can become fearless in achieving their goals.

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ENGAGEMENTWhat are you learning?What challenges are you experiencing?How are you studying?How are you working to improve?Are you working as hard as you can?Are you proud of what you have created?

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CONNECTION​How are you involved outside of class?Have you talked with your mentors?What support do you need?How does your learning connect to the real world?What skills can you incorporate for future success?

EXPLORATION​​Do you think what you are learning might be something you are interested in as a career?What passions have you been able to explore?

EDGE Schedule​

Project IntensiveStudents spend their mornings in Project Intensive Units. Project Intensives allow students to immerse in the topic and concentrate efforts towards a challenging multidisciplinary project. Students focus their attention on one project in a specified time with the goal of developing their skills to the highest possible level and creating impressive, professional, meaningful and high-quality work that they can present, defend and explain at the end of the project time.

​Afternoon WorkshopsStudents spend afternoons in content workshops, optional passion workshops or success workshops. Students will self schedule these workshops at the beginning of each intensive using an electronic scheduling system.

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Learning Management SystemLegend High School is using Canvas as our web presence for student learning. EDGE will be using Canvas as well. For students this means that all of their course materials for all of their classes, including electives, can be found in one place. Using Canvas allows EDGE teachers to personalize learning, create a collaborative workspaces, give feedback to students and keep track of important dates.

The website for Canvas is canvas.dcsdk12.org and can also be accessed from the Legend homepage, www.legendtitans.org. In the near future parents will be provided a login that is linked to their student’s account.

Feedback

Philosophy : We believe in the power of reflection and feedback for student growth. Students are encouraged to engage in self-reflection, recognize when they need help, and know how to communicate when help is needed.

Grading

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Infinite Campus will show three grades - Content Area Skills, Content Area Growth and Transferable Skills Growth. Students will be given a score of Leading, Catching Up or Keeping Up in these areas. Four times a year these scores will be evaluated and reported as a letter grade.

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Content Area Skills and Growth, measure competencies all students should have in a specific content area. The majority of a student’s overall grade is based on student growth.

​Transferable Skills Growth are the measure of how a student is progressing toward real world skills like communication, creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, grit, perseverance and self discipline.

The Growth Mindset

​Students who have this attitude believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work. Students who embrace positive mindsets—the belief they can increase learning through hard work and perseverance—learn more, learn it quickly, and view challenges and failures as opportunities to improve their learning and skills. Students will be encouraged to fail forward, staying positive and learn from challenges.